Chief Garry Park, Spokane

The southern border runs along Trent Avenue to Havana Street, at which point it drops a few blocks to the south to follow railroad tracks east to Fancher Road.

The Spokane Community College campus is located at the intersection of Greene and Mission and stretches north to the river.

Lucias B. Nash, a U.S. District Court Judge, built a home for his family on Tilsey Place overlooking the Spokane River in 1886.

The 24 room Queen Anne style home was designed by Nash's wife and was one of the first in Spokane with indoor plumbing.

[5] Streetcar lines ran along Mission and Boone Avenues, connecting the neighborhood with Downtown Spokane to the west and the rest of the growing city.

[7] Expansion into the Parkwater area on the east side of Chief Garry Park occurred between 1900 and 1930, first with the building of homes and then the development of an airport.

[5] In the 1940s and 1950s, during the post-World War II housing boom in the United States, the area between Mission Avenue and the Spokane River was developed into a residential portion of the neighborhood.

Spokane Community College was established at the intersection of Mission Avenue and Greene Street in 1963 on the site of an existing technical and vocational school.

[10] Stevens Elementary, located in the western area of Chief Garry Park, serves the neighborhood west of Freya and Greene Streets.

A shared use path for pedestrians and cyclists runs along the southern bank of the Spokane River from Chief Garry Park's western limit to Felts Field.

"[16] The Spokane Transit Authority, the region's public transportation provider, serves Chief Garry Park with five fixed schedule bus lines.

The City Line has a fleet of all-electric buses and provide service every 7.5 minutes during peak weekday hours.

Greene Street crossing the Spokane River from Chief Garry Park
Felts Field in 1935
Spokane Community College and its landmark clock tower